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Das Debütalbum der englischen Metalcore-Band Climates wurde mit Engineer Stu McKay (siehe Brutality Will Prevail) und Mixer Sean Genockey (siehe Eagles Of Death Metal) aufgenommen. Climates vereinen ausdrucksstark und gekonnt Post-Hardcore, Metal und Alternative-Rock und touren seit ihrer Gründung 2012 unaufhörlich (u.a. mit Trapped Under Ice, Neck Deep, Counterparts, More Than Life, While She Sleeps und Bury Tomorrow).

The June Brides are back again with two Phil Wilson songs (Being There, She Seems Quite Free) plus guitarist Simon Beesley's I'm Undone. The EP sees a return to the band's original harder-edged sound, following acclaimed 2012 single Moon/Cloud ('Glorious' Sabotage Times (UK), '...a stunning comeback' Critical Mob (USA), '...Song of the summer by a mile' PennyBlackMusic (UK), 'Wonderful' The Big Takeover (USA)). On this recording original Brides Phil Wilson, Simon Beesley, Frank Sweeney and Jon Hunter have been joined by Steve Beswick (drums) and Arash Torabi (bass). Background: The June Brides are true indie innovators, with fans including Manic Street Preachers, Morrissey and Belle and Sebastian. In the mid-1980s they produced five singles/EPs and one LP, There Are Eight Million Stories, which reached no. 1 in the UK Independent Albums Chart. They appeared on the cover of NME, toured with The Smiths and were cited by Morrissey as his favourite group of 1985. After The June Brides broke up in 1986, Phil Wilson cut two solo singles for Creation Records. His final single of the 1980s, Better Days was a collaboration with Primal Scream guitarist Andrew Innes on Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne's Caff Records. After 20 years as a civil servant, Phil Wilson returned to music in 2008. He has since recorded several solo singles and the lauded God Bless Jim Kennedy LP to excellent reviews from David Quantick (Uncut), Gavin Martin (Daily Mirror), Stewart Lee (Times) and Andrew Perry (Mojo) plus three Marc Riley BBC sessions. Performances
in the UK, Europe and USA have included Indietracks, the Port Eliot Festival, and the San Francisco and Madrid Popfests. When Phil was rejoined by original guitarist Simon Beesley in 2011 it became natural to revert to the 'June Brides' name.

Einstürzende Neubauten are back with a new exceptional composition. The band has produced a musical work on the outbreak of World War I 100 years ago, which will make its premiere performance in Diksmuide, Belgium on November 8, 2014.
In this work the band will link their techniques, which are explicitly bound to the traditions of the avant-garde, with this first global event that shook the entire world.

Geschrieben in Vashon Island in Washington State und gemischt in Los Angeles von Dean Hurley, folgt "Taiga" den gefeierten Alben "Versions" (2013) und "Conatus" (2011). In der Gegenwart stehend und doch verbunden mit der Vergangenheit, beschreibt das vorliegende Album einen Wandel. Kompositionen türmen sich auf, baden in der wohlvertrauten Stimme der 25-jährigen Sängerin, Songschreiberin und Produzentin Zola Jesus und formulieren ein neues künstlerischen Selbstvertrauen: "For me, it feels like my true debut, because it is the first time I have felt so open and liberated."

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Geschrieben in Vashon Island in Washington State und gemischt in Los Angeles von Dean Hurley, folgt "Taiga" den gefeierten Alben "Versions" (2013) und "Conatus" (2011). In der Gegenwart stehend und doch verbunden mit der Vergangenheit, beschreibt das vorliegende Album einen Wandel. Kompositionen türmen sich auf, baden in der wohlvertrauten Stimme der 25-jährigen Sängerin, Songschreiberin und Produzentin Zola Jesus und formulieren ein neues künstlerischen Selbstvertrauen: "For me, it feels like my true debut, because it is the first time I have felt so open and liberated."

'He can do quiet intensity- made possible by his voice, abstract (yet heartfelt) lyrics, innovative arrangements, and top-notch performance- delivered with complete and authentic sincerity. Arranged Waves is a great introduction to the music of Stephen Steinbrink- and it is quickly becoming one of my favourite albums of the year. ' 8.5/10 - Louder Than War

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The album was recorded at Wolf Tone Studios in London, and produced by frontman Dave Bayley under executive production of Paul Epworth. The 11 track record features the singles Gooey and Pools plus a reworking of previous limited EP release, Black Mambo.

Created in Epworth's own studio it is undoubtedly among this year's most striking debuts. Inspired by Kanye West and Charles Darwin, Nina Simone and the Velvet Underground, ZABA is a rich and textured work, a very special record indeed. With Dave producing and Epworth as A&R and mentor, the studio became their home and the band were free to record, improvise and write at their own speed and so their sound has become a bigger, brighter, heavier and more intense experience than ever before.

'I used to be really into super-clean, no flaws production,' says Dave, 'but now I like the context and soul that mistakes, chopped samples, and swirly white amp-noises give you.... We definitely were a bit self-conscious, we were once afraid to do something bold. Now when we re together in the studio we don t worry about those things. In fact, we don t worry about anything at all...'

With Soon Away, GRMLN veers from the pop-punk-rooted road the band traversed with last year's Empire; it's an aggressive album, darker and heavier than what's come before. While it carries these characteristics, there is also a certain peace to Soon Away, thanks to songwriter Yoodoo Park's personal growth.

The teachings of Krishna were an inspiration to Park while writing the record and it's a force that helped define his perspective in these songs. The singer-guitarist sees the constant changes of life allowing people to embrace the true nature of living. Still, there's intensity to these guitar-driven tracks. On the opener of the album 'Jaded' Park sings, 'Go, but you're breaking without me / When days can crawl around / To waste myself away,' which is built around one of GRMLN's catchiest riffs to date.

The album grapples with letting go and getting used to good-byes. 'Find a way to be wanted and here for someone else / Break away from the notion, the poison in my head,' Park sings on the cathartic 'Faux.'

After writing the songs in Japan and whilst on tour in the U.S., Park went back to Different Fur Studios in San Francisco with engineers Patrick Brown and Sean Paulson, who worked on GRMLN's previous album Empire. On Soon Away, Park is joined by his brother, Tae San, who assisted with bass parts and arrangements; with the addition of long-time drummer Keith Frerichs providing a rhythmic backbone.

GRMLN is the musical project of 21 year old, Yoodoo Park. He was born in Kyoto, Japan and moved to southern California at a young age (though he still goes back to Japan every summer). Yoodoo started playing music at the age of 13 when he was given a bass guitar and released his debut album Empire in 2013, preceded by the debut EP Explore.

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With Soon Away, GRMLN veers from the pop-punk-rooted road the band traversed with last year's Empire; it's an aggressive album, darker and heavier than what's come before. While it carries these characteristics, there is also a certain peace to Soon Away, thanks to songwriter Yoodoo Park's personal growth.

The teachings of Krishna were an inspiration to Park while writing the record and it's a force that helped define his perspective in these songs. The singer-guitarist sees the constant changes of life allowing people to embrace the true nature of living. Still, there's intensity to these guitar-driven tracks. On the opener of the album 'Jaded' Park sings, 'Go, but you're breaking without me / When days can crawl around / To waste myself away,' which is built around one of GRMLN's catchiest riffs to date.

The album grapples with letting go and getting used to good-byes. 'Find a way to be wanted and here for someone else / Break away from the notion, the poison in my head,' Park sings on the cathartic 'Faux.'

After writing the songs in Japan and whilst on tour in the U.S., Park went back to Different Fur Studios in San Francisco with engineers Patrick Brown and Sean Paulson, who worked on GRMLN's previous album Empire. On Soon Away, Park is joined by his brother, Tae San, who assisted with bass parts and arrangements; with the addition of long-time drummer Keith Frerichs providing a rhythmic backbone.

GRMLN is the musical project of 21 year old, Yoodoo Park. He was born in Kyoto, Japan and moved to southern California at a young age (though he still goes back to Japan every summer). Yoodoo started playing music at the age of 13 when he was given a bass guitar and released his debut album Empire in 2013, preceded by the debut EP Explore.

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In the near past, berlin based Micro.fon Records was critically acclaimed, for releasing a load of distinctive techno tracks. A fact, which shouldn't change with their newest record. As the catalogue-nr. MFSPC001 suggests, this is record is quite special and underlines the openmindness of Micro.fon and their passion for music of every style. Revealing the indierockband Peru, Like The Country, Micro.fon brings together dark guitars and basslines, swelling synthesizers and siren'esque vocals with deep, rolling and grooving techno-reinterpretations, delivered by Micro.fon's own Pawn Shop People and man of the moment Markus Suckut of Figure and SCKT fame. Peru, Like The Country's "Assassinator" and "Pretty Far Gone", are strongly influenced by early eighties Post-Punk, New Wave and UK rooted Shoegaze-sound. With being heavy on the bass and dreamy on the vox, they create a dark and melancholic atmosphere in their songs. On the remix of "Assassinator", Pawn Shop People transformed the whole structure of the original into a compelling synthhook, grounded on dark subbasses and sharp percussion, to turn the song into a Detroit influenced floorweapon. Suckut morphed the flipside "Pretty Far Gone" into a pounding and grooving belter, garnished with cut up vocals and offbeat claps - Sounds like Chicago was just next door. No shadow of a doubt, Markus Suckut is the next one to follow in the steps of people like Klock and Dettmann, when it has to come to dry, rough and rugged techno without compromises. This remix is another proof for that!


A-side features six tracks from Glasgow's Vazz, a duo consisting of Anna Howson & Hugh Small. "Whisper Not" was recorded at the legendary Hellfire Club in Glasgow in 1982 and was eventually released on limited edition cassette, before the band were signed up to appear on the 2xLP compilation "Antelopes & Alligators" on Operation Twilight - a sublabel of Belgium's infamous Les Disques Du Crepuscules. All tracks on "Whisper Not" are also available on CD format as part of the Vazz anthology compilation ((FN010CD).

B-side features Italy's La Bambola Del Dr Caligari and 5 tracks recorded between 1983 and 1986. The band were a short-lived minimal synth trio from Bologna, Italy, consisting of Judy Asquith (voice), Aurelium Spitty (sound engineer, synth, drum machines, effects) and J.R. Ewing (keyboards, effects). They recorded their first demo tape in early 1984 and sporadically played live in 1985/86, eventually arranging the soundtrack for an installation at the art gallery Number Zero (Bologna) in Feb 1986. Several self-produced tapes were recorded over the years but were never properly released.

Picking up from and advancing on his well received 2010 debut full-length offering 'Trademark Ribbons of Gold', VHS Head continues in his exploration of emotive sketchbook electronics, cutting up and sampling reams and reams of old school VHS tapes to create a baffling, arresting and nostalgic trip into the world of twisted, lo-fi, tape compressed electronica.
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VHS Head perverts all manners of sound sources, both musical and not in a melting pot of deranged creativity, wrangling melodies out of disparate snatches of sounds and welding the results over a variety of differing percussive beds and beats ranging from the pastoral lushness of 'Angels Never Sleep' or 'Do You Understand' travelling through the gamut of styles, all the way through to barbed, hyperactive, glitched - out IDM inspired workouts such as the glitch funk of opener 'Enter The Devil'.
Children of the 80s will undoubtedly recognise snatches of sounds from their childhood on this record along with the comforting, fuzzy warmth of the obsolete format that is VHS tape. It contains snatches of quizshow-esq excess, sleazy soft-core porn twangs and salutations, crazed kids-TV themes, liberal smattering of video nasty nastiness and an 80s bad hair, power rock, noirish edge that at points recalls the feel, tone and subdued menace of Twin Peaks and its ilk. It is a record for 2014, referencing the hazy days when we were all growing up- a compendium of time and place for the MTV generation and beyond.

Fortuna, the second full length from New Zealand trio Popstrangers, trades the grunge revivalism of the band's previous releases for buoyant hooks and '60s pop. Pairing their minor-key riffs with pervasively melancholic songwriting, the band's refined sense of melody is on full display on Fortuna, which echoes the classic guitar pop of their homeland's Flying Nun Records.

We have some of the EP which was only available on tour at Xmas time. Fat White Family announced details of a split EP. The 10' EP, with Trashmouth Records label-mates Taman Shud, will be available to download on Christmas Day. The EP features three new songs, including the 8-minute crawling, swampy & menacing 'sick epic' Wet Hot Beef parts one and two, and Now That I Am Taking Myself As An Artist (Wet Hot Beef part three). The B side features two songs from Taman Shud's forthcoming psychedelic cave-rock debut album - The Ziggurat, A Mirrage (premiered on Tom Ravenscroft's 6 Music show) & Crime Cycle. "Raw-assed rabble rock as dark, deviant and disgusting as the '70s" - NME // "Fat White Family are sick. I don't mean this like, they're well sick la, like some scouse teenager would have said eight years ago. I mean, they're seriously not well... they're also slightly brilliant" - The Quietus // The band who have been compared to The Birthday Party, The Fall and The Gun Club. Fat White Family are: Lias Saudi (vocals), Saul Adamczewski (vocals/guitar), Adam J Harmer (guitar), Nathan Saudi (organ), Joseph Pancucci (bass) & Dan Lyons (drums)..... Taman Shud are: Nick Richardson (vocals/drums), Derry Tomlinson (bass), Tasha Vorontsova (bass/organ) & Greg Hilditch (guitar).

THIS IS A COMPILATION OF THE ROLLING STONES STUDIO SESSIONS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman started their sessions at I.B.C. Studios, 35, Portland Place close to Regent Street in London where the LP cover picture was taken in the early 1963. The first six tracks were recorded between the 28th of January & the 2nd of February. Come On/I Want To Be Loved is their first 7' recorded at Olympic in London on 10th May. In the hot summer of 1963, between July and August, they recorded at the Decca Studios Poison Ivy, It Should Be, Fortune Teller. On 14th and 15th September they were in Kingsway, London for their first EP with You Better Move On, Bye, Bye, Johnny and Money. Then they came back to the I.B.C. Studios on 5th October to record: Come On, Memphis Tennessee, Roll Over Beethoven and I Just Want To Make Love To You. Two days later, in Kingsway, they recorded the last two songs of this compilation.

'Das Leben ist kein Sprint auf einer Laufbahn sondern ein Marathon durch unwegsames Gelände.'

Wie schon die 'Kein Rückzug Kein Aufgeben'-EP produziert von Aljoscha Sieg in den Pitchback Studios in Köln, zeigen die zwölf neuen Songs von '... und wir vergessen was vor uns liegt' auf beeindruckende Art und Weise, dass Marathonmann ihren Weg gefunden haben. Dies hier hat Hand und Fuß, ist besonders und eigen. Deutschsprachiger Postpunk mit Einflüssen aus allen möglichen Richtungen, viel Herz und Tiefe. Und diese Qualität wird sich durchsetzen. Der große Sturm wird kommen. Alles eine Frage der Zeit. Century Media veröffentlicht 2013 das offizielle Marathonmann -Debütalbum Holzschwert. Die Reaktionen der Presse und von Seiten der Fans sprechen eine deutliche Sprache: Hier treffen in bester Weise Songwriting-Talent, die musikalische Verankerung im Punk, Metal und Hardcore sowie die Fähigkeit, mitreißende Texte mit Sinn und Verstand zu verfassen zusammen. Texte, die sehr persönlich sind und trotzdem vielen aus der Seele sprechen.

01. Alles auf Null
02. Onkalo
03. Abschied
04. Diese Hände
05. Auf dem höchsten Punkt der Welt
06. Der große Sturm
07. Neumondnacht
08. Zwei mal Zwei
09. Landschaftsleben
10. Rücklauf
11. 73162
12. Manchmal kommen sie wieder

'Das Leben ist kein Sprint auf einer Laufbahn sondern ein Marathon durch unwegsames Gelände.'

Wie schon die 'Kein Rückzug Kein Aufgeben'-EP produziert von Aljoscha Sieg in den Pitchback Studios in Köln, zeigen die zwölf neuen Songs von '... und wir vergessen was vor uns liegt' auf beeindruckende Art und Weise, dass Marathonmann ihren Weg gefunden haben. Dies hier hat Hand und Fuß, ist besonders und eigen. Deutschsprachiger Postpunk mit Einflüssen aus allen möglichen Richtungen, viel Herz und Tiefe. Und diese Qualität wird sich durchsetzen. Der große Sturm wird kommen. Alles eine Frage der Zeit. Century Media veröffentlicht 2013 das offizielle Marathonmann -Debütalbum Holzschwert. Die Reaktionen der Presse und von Seiten der Fans sprechen eine deutliche Sprache: Hier treffen in bester Weise Songwriting-Talent, die musikalische Verankerung im Punk, Metal und Hardcore sowie die Fähigkeit, mitreißende Texte mit Sinn und Verstand zu verfassen zusammen. Texte, die sehr persönlich sind und trotzdem vielen aus der Seele sprechen.

Das extra schwere 180g schwarze Vinyl kommt mit einer CD in Stecktasche als Bonus und einem LP-Booklet.

Playground Music present the The Veil the third album from Swedish troupe Simian Ghost.

Crunch marks the 2nd Eureka California album in 18 months, eleven more songs you can't stop humming. They can't get arrested in NYC--well they can, but they're going to need someone to help post bail because they spent all their tour money on Dolly Parton cassettes back at the travel plaza. In an age where everything's overplanned and under thought, underwhelming and overwrought, EC's spontaneity feels like a breath of fresh air. They walk the fine line between not giving a fuck and not giving a shit and come down on the right side every time. Crunch moves with an easy, breezy confidence. Just when you think they're only tossing off, they turn around and toss off a powerpop classic like 'This Ain't No A-Side,' that can stand proudly alongside early Jam or Plimsouls. On an album of two-minute bursts, 'Art Is Hard' is a 4-minute epic with lyrics stolen from other songs. 'I know one day someone will say the same things I have said / One day someone will say the same things you have said,' in the sound of someone banging their head against the wall, seriously fighting the need to be taken seriously. It ricochets between hilarity and pointlessness until culminating in the true brilliance of: "because it's never the being that you dream of only the becoming you want If this wasn't your life would you care what you got" It's a game that Eureka California play like experts, and it's the ace up their sleeve. You think we're kidding, and we are--until we're not. Like a baseball pitcher who knows how to change speeds, EC works the corners of the plate, leaving the listener dizzy and off-balance, entertained but needing to go back and listen again. Did he say what I think he just said Torn between rocking out and giving up, their live show blurs the line between comedy and tragedy in a way that borders on performance art, a band who appreciates the dumb jokes as much as the funny ones, and yet on a good night they're one of the best bands you could ever hope to hear. When Jake Ward sings, 'Money money is everywhere but there's not a cent to spend so what do I care if I don't get my share' you believe every rushed note and every defeated shrug in his voice. In the tradition of bands like Mudhoney or The Replacements, they take nothing seriously, least of all themselves except when they do. But thankfully, they possess one of the best drummers on the planet in Marie A. Uhler , who gives the songs a force and energy that gets the hooks across. Come for the show, stay for the songs. Eureka California will sabotage their dreams to hold onto their freedom. And in an age where everyone's got one eye on the blogs and the other on their bank account, they're exactly the kind of band we need right now.

01 Edith (One Day You'll Live in a Bunker)
02 No Mas
03 There's No Looking Back
04 I Bet That You Like Julian Cope
05 Sneaky Robby
06 #1 in the State
07 This Ain't No A-side
08 Twin Cities
09 Happy Again
10 Art is Hard
11 How Long Till the Medicine Takes

Crunch marks the 2nd Eureka California album in 18 months, eleven more songs you can't stop humming. They can't get arrested in NYC--well they can, but they're going to need someone to help post bail because they spent all their tour money on Dolly Parton cassettes back at the travel plaza. In an age where everything's overplanned and under thought, underwhelming and overwrought, EC's spontaneity feels like a breath of fresh air. They walk the fine line between not giving a fuck and not giving a shit and come down on the right side every time. Crunch moves with an easy, breezy confidence. Just when you think they're only tossing off, they turn around and toss off a powerpop classic like 'This Ain't No A-Side,' that can stand proudly alongside early Jam or Plimsouls. On an album of two-minute bursts, 'Art Is Hard' is a 4-minute epic with lyrics stolen from other songs. 'I know one day someone will say the same things I have said / One day someone will say the same things you have said,' in the sound of someone banging their head against the wall, seriously fighting the need to be taken seriously. It ricochets between hilarity and pointlessness until culminating in the true brilliance of: "because it's never the being that you dream of only the becoming you want If this wasn't your life would you care what you got" It's a game that Eureka California play like experts, and it's the ace up their sleeve. You think we're kidding, and we are--until we're not. Like a baseball pitcher who knows how to change speeds, EC works the corners of the plate, leaving the listener dizzy and off-balance, entertained but needing to go back and listen again. Did he say what I think he just said Torn between rocking out and giving up, their live show blurs the line between comedy and tragedy in a way that borders on performance art, a band who appreciates the dumb jokes as much as the funny ones, and yet on a good night they're one of the best bands you could ever hope to hear. When Jake Ward sings, 'Money money is everywhere but there's not a cent to spend so what do I care if I don't get my share' you believe every rushed note and every defeated shrug in his voice. In the tradition of bands like Mudhoney or The Replacements, they take nothing seriously, least of all themselves except when they do. But thankfully, they possess one of the best drummers on the planet in Marie A. Uhler , who gives the songs a force and energy that gets the hooks across. Come for the show, stay for the songs. Eureka California will sabotage their dreams to hold onto their freedom. And in an age where everyone's got one eye on the blogs and the other on their bank account, they're exactly the kind of band we need right now.

I Saved Latin! is an outstanding tribute to Wes Anderson featuring today's best artists covering songs that have appeared in Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and more. Covers of songs by the Kinks, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Nico, Cat Stevens, Love, John Lennon, The Zombies, Mark Mothersbaugh, among others are highlighted. The 6 panel eco-wallet features exclusive Wes Anderson-inspired illustrations by critically acclaimed rock poster designer Lonny Unitus. Praised by Paste, SPIN, NME, Rolling Stone, Nylon, and Pitchfork -- this is another fantastic themed compilation from American Laundromat Records. Disc One: 1. Margaret Yang's Theme - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 2. A Quick One While He's Away - Saint Motel 3. These Days - Matt Pond (feat. Laura Stevenson & Chris Hanson) 4. Let Her Dance - Freelance Whales 5. I Am Waiting - Tomo Nakayama (feat. Jesse Sykes) 6. The Wind - William Fitzsimmons 7. Needle In The Hay - Juliana Hatfield 8. Making Time - Generationals 9. The Way I Feel Inside - PHOX 10. This Time Tomorrow - Telekinesis 11. Strangers - Escondido Disc Two: 1. Alone Again Or - Sara Lov 2. Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin' Bout That Girl - Solvents 3. Here Comes My Baby - Tea Cozies 4. Fly - Kristin Hersh 5. Ziggy Stardust - Margot & the Nuclear So and So's 6. Play with Fire - ElkCity 7. Stephanie Says - Tele Novella 8. Oh Yoko - The Ghost In You 9. Fairest Of The Seasons - Trespassers William 10. 30 Century Man - Tomten 11. Street Fighting Man - Mike Watt & The Secondmen 12. Five Years - Santah

01 Margaret Yang's Theme Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
02 A Quick One While He's Away Saint Motel
03 These Days Matt Pond (feat. Laura Stevenson & Chris Hanson)
04 Let Her Dance Freelance Whales
05 I Am Waiting Tomo Nakayama (feat. Jesse Sykes)
06 The Wind William Fitzsimmons
07 Needle In The Hay Juliana Hatfield
08 Making Time Generationals
09 The Way I Feel Inside PHOX
10 This Time Tomorrow Telekinesis
11 Strangers Escondido
12 Alone Again Or Sara Lov
13 Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin' Bout That Girl Solvents
14 Here Comes My BabyTea Cozies
15 Fly Kristin Hersh
16 Ziggy Stardust Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
17 Play with Fire Elk City
18 Stephanie Says Tele Novella
19 Oh Yoko The Ghost In You
20 Fairest Of The Seasons Trespassers William
21 30 Century Man Tomten
22 Street Fighting Man Mike Watt & The Secondmenu
23 Five Years

The debut album by the Burlington, VT, duo of Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen follows acclaimed single releases on Mexican Summer and the Reverberation Appreciation Society, plus an appearance on the 'Psych For Sore Eyes' EP, now recognized as a landmark in the burgeoning new psychedelic movement.
'Departure' was mixed and mastered by Spacemen 3 legend Sonic Boom at his studio in Rugby, UK. His other recent credits include Panda Bear, Peaking Lights, MGMT and Wooden Shjips.
The key element of the almost primitive rock'n'roll songs on 'Departure' is their boundless energy, which tear up the psychedelic rock template with a genuine punk spirit. Combine that with the use of synths and drum machines, and it's not surprising to see why the band have won over Suicide's Alan Vega, with whom they will be working soon. Another famous friend is former Galaxie 500 and Luna frontman (and Sonic Cathedral labelmate) Dean Wareham, who plays guitar on 'Tomorrow'. The band will be supporting Dean on his US East Coast dates in April 2014, before heading over the Atlantic to join The Brian Jonestown Massacre on their UK tour in June and July. Further US and European live dates are planned for September and full press campaigns by Solid Gold (US), Wagmüller PR (DE), HIM Media (FR) and Sonic Cathedral
(UK) are already underway.

1. See You At The Bottom
2. Same Damn Life
3. Words As Weapons
4. My Disaster
5. Crash
6. Suffer It All
7. Watch Me Drown
8. Nobody Praying For Me
9. Keep The Dogs At Bay
10. Save Today
11. Turn Around
12. Burn The World
13. Goodbye Tonight - Van Coke Kartel
14. Weak

Die Finnen entführen den Zuhörer auf ihrem sechsten Album in den Magic Forest, der von verzauberten und phantastischen Geschöpfen bewohnt wird. Passend zu dieser magischen Reise liefern Amberian Dawn auch gleich den stimmigen Soundtrack. Ihr melodischer Symphonic Power Metal bietet das komplette Spektrum an schnellen Doublebass-Hymnen, symphonischen Mini-Epen und zauberhaft-verträumten Passagen. Über den ausgefeilten Arrangements thront Capri mit ihrer unglaublichen Stimme und zieht die Zuhörer mit ihren wunderschönen Gesangslinien sofort in ihren Bann. Amberian Dawn spielen sich mit Magic Forest endgültig in die Königsklasse.

Der Soundtrack zu einer phantastischen Reise. Symphonic Power Metal

1. Cherish My Memory
2. Dance Of Life
3. Magic Forest
4. Agonizing Night
5. Warning
6. Son Of Rainbow
7. I'm Still Here
8. Memorial
9. Endless Silence
10. Green-Eyed
11. Dance Of Life (instrumental version)(Bonus Track)
12. Warning (instrumental version) (Bonus Track)

Naturbål ("Nature's Bonfire") ist ein weiteres wegweisendes Folk Metal Album in der Diskographie des schwedischen Masterminds, der mit seiner unverkennbaren Stimme und einzigartigen Kompositionen ein ganzes Genre geprägt hat. Folkloristische Klänge verschmelzen mit den technisch gespielten Gitarren und vielschichtigen Melodien. Hymnenhafte Refrains geben dieser fantastischen Symbiose den letzten Schliff. Die Songs verbinden die besten Elemente seiner Frühwerke und dem technischen Anspruch der späteren Jahre. Vintersorg ist ohne Zweifel ein Visionär, der auf dem aktuellen Album sämtliche Perioden seines Schaffens als ein großartiges, organisches und mitreißendes Ganzes präsentiert.

Der schwedische Visionär mit neuen Folk Metal Hymnen.

1. Ur Aska Och Sot
2. Överallt Och Ingenstans
3. En Blixt Från Klar Himmel
4. Lågornas Rov
5. Rymdens Brinnande öar
6. Natten Visste Vad Skymningen Såg
7. Elddraken
8. Urdarmåne
9. Själ I Flamma

Ihr Comeback im Jahr 2011 war ein echter Triumphzug. Mit breiter Brust hatte die Band um Frontfrau Sandra Nasic die Bühne nach acht Jahren Album-Abstinenz betreten, um auf ganzer Linie abzuräumen: "Bel Air" enterte sensationell, als viertes Album in Folge, die Charts auf #1, meldete in kürzester Zeit Gold und brachte drei starke Singles hervor. Die Guano Apes, als eine der wenigen deutschen Bands dafür bekannt, auch im Ausland extrem erfolgreich zu sein, spielten ausverkaufte Tourneen in ganz Europa und ernteten überall Respekt.

2014 kommt das Quartett mit brandneuem Material und präsentiert gleich mit der ersten Single-Auskopplung "Close to the Sun" eindrucksvoll das Können und die Spielfreude einer Band, die über jeden Zweifel erhaben ist. "Close to the Sun" rauscht mit schweren Riffs, entschlossenen Drums und sphärischen Chören heran, um uns mitzunehmen in die Umlaufbahn der Guano Apes, die genau da weitermachen, wo sie aufgehört haben: ganz oben. "Close to the Sun" ist jetzt überall erhältlich und macht die Bahn frei für "Offline", das kommende neue Album der Apes, das am 2. Mai 2014 offiziell erscheint und jetzt vorbestellbar ist.

1 Out Of The Woodwork 5:50
2 Don't Apply Compression Gently 3:36
3 Avant Gardener 5:12
4 History Eraser 3:28
5 David 2:54
6 Anonymous Club 5:51
7 Lance Jr. 3:28
8 Are You Looking After Yourself 7:42
9 Scotty Says 3:52
10 Canned Tomatoes (Whole) 4:33
11 Porcelain 7:07
12 Ode To Odetta

Zaba was recorded at Wolf Tone Studios in London, and produced by frontman Dave Bayley under executive production of Paul Epworth. The 11 track record features the singles Gooey and Pools plus a reworking of previous limited EP release, Black Mambo.

Created in Epworth's own studio it is undoubtedly among this year's most striking debuts. Inspired by Kanye West and Charles Darwin, Nina Simone and the Velvet Underground, ZABA is a rich and textured work, a very special record indeed. With Dave producing and Epworth as A&R and mentor, the studio became their home and the band were free to record, improvise and write at their own speed and so their sound has become a bigger, brighter, heavier and more intense experience than ever before.

'I used to be really into super-clean, no flaws production,' says Dave, 'but now I like the context and soul that mistakes, chopped samples, and swirly white amp-noises give you.... We definitely were a bit self-conscious, we were once afraid to do something bold. Now when we re together in the studio we don t worry about those things. In fact, we don t worry about anything at all...'
1. Flip (Album Version)
2. Black Mambo
3. Pools (Album Version)
4. Gooey
5. Walla Walla (Album Version)
6. Intruxx (Album Version)
7. Hazey (Album Version)
8. Toes (Album Version)
9. Wyrd (Album Version)
10. Cocoa Hooves (Album Version)
11. Jdnt / Psylla (Hidden Track) (Cd Version)

Heartstrings is Howling Bells fourth album, and the first they have recorded in their adopted hometown of London (the band's debut, Howling Bells (2006), was demoed in Australia and recorded in Liverpool, while Radio Wars (2009) and 2011's The Loudest Engine saw the band decamp to Los Angeles and Las Vegas respectively).
Taking a different approach to the making of their previous records, Howling Bells made the recording of Heartstrings an intense process, laying down a track a day for 11 days, resulting in a potent collection of songs. 'Having a deadline means you're forced to make crucial artistic decisions in a very short time. You don't have the luxury of overthinking. I feel this process shaped the album. As a result, you become incredibly connected to the musical spirit of the band.' says frontwoman Juanita Stein. 'We loved every second of it .'

1. Paris
2. Possessed
3. Your Love
4. Slowburn
5. Tornado
6. Euphoria
7. Paper Heart
8. Original Sin
9. Reverie
10. Heartstrings

Heartstrings is Howling Bells fourth album, and the first they have recorded in their adopted hometown of London (the band's debut, Howling Bells (2006), was demoed in Australia and recorded in Liverpool, while Radio Wars (2009) and 2011's The Loudest Engine saw the band decamp to Los Angeles and Las Vegas respectively).

Taking a different approach to the making of their previous records, Howling Bells made the recording of Heartstrings an intense process, laying down a track a day for 11 days, resulting in a potent collection of songs. 'Having a deadline means you're forced to make crucial artistic decisions in a very short time. You don't have the luxury of overthinking. I feel this process shaped the album. As a result, you become incredibly connected to the musical spirit of the band.' says frontwoman Juanita Stein. 'We loved every second of it'.

Django Django is the latest band invited to curate a prestigious Late Night Tales collection set for release in May 2014. For 2014s RSD we have made their exclusive Late Night Tales cover version of The Monkees 1968 cult classic 'Porpoise Song', The psychedelic coloured vinyl 7" is backed by actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who exclusively narrates the fourth and final part of the "Flat Of Angles" tale.

cassette!
Edition of 90 pro-dubbed hi bias chrome C50 cassettes in hot stamped black gloss black boxes with cotton insert, card insert, and belly band. Remastered, edited, and extended. Collisions is a binaural work originally conceived for a live quad surround sound performance presented at Akron's Rubber City Noise on Saturday June 8th 2013. Elements of field recordings, digital & analog noise, subtle pitch and millisecond timing offsets, fatiguing frequencies, razor sharp sound design and occasional generative elements culled from sound installation projects. Sewn together through thoughtful composition, sharp contrasts and jarring arrangements.

Lady Lazarus is the solo project of Melissa Ann Sweat, a singer-songwriter, artist, and creative writer from San Jose, Calif. now living in Joshua Tree, CA, known for her enchanting and minimalist songs for mainly voice and piano. Her music touches on dream pop and experimental folk, and has been compared to Cat Power, Smog/Bill Callahan, Joanna Newsom, Grouper, and Daniel Johnston, among others, while nodding to composers like Philip Glass and Erik Satie.


Taken from the Sylvia Plath poem of the same name, Lady Lazarus began in 2008 when Melissa started teaching herself keyboard, and writing and recording songs while living in San Francisco. Inspired by a cross-country train trip, she moved to Savannah, Georgia in the fall of 2010 and toured along the East Coast and Southeast in support of her self-released debut.


Lady Lazarus received breakthrough press in 2011 for her debut album, Mantic, including a 7.8 review from Pitchfork, and praise from Stereogum, Beats Per Minute, and many others in the U.S. and abroad. On 2013, Lady Lazarus self-released her new album, All My Love In Half Light, to critical acclaim from Pitchfork, NPR, SPIN, Interview Magazine, Consequence of Sound, Beats Per Minute, and more. In March, she contributed a cover of Jason Molina's "Don't It Look Like Rain" to Graveface Records' tribute album to the late Molina, featuring covers by Mark Kozelek, Will Oldham, John Vanderslice, Scout Niblett, Phil Elverum, Damien Jurado, and other artists.

Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Texas, formed of Laura Lee on Bass, Mark Speer on Guitar, and Donald Johnson on Drums. Mark and DJ's roots are in R&B, Hip Hop, and Gospel having played within the same gospel band for years. Both professional musicians, Mark began teaching Laura how to play bass in the summer of 2009. As such, Laura quickly developed a huge passion for the instrument and the aesthetic it brought to music she loved. Having worked studiously on developing her skills, both Mark and Laura were invited to tour with Ninja Tune's, YPPAH, supporting Bonobo across his 2010 American tour.


The tour galvanised the two of them to start making music together more seriously, sowing the first seeds of Khruangbin. Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - Khruangbin literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - the two took a trip to a barn deep in the Texas countryside and jammed for the entire weekend, developing a sound which was steeped the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration. Khruangbin was formed, with D.J. the natural go to for drums. Having kept in touch with Bonobo following that earlier 2010 tour, Bonobo decided to include Khruangbin's 'A Calf Born In Winter' on his recent 'Late Night Tales' compilation. In addition to increasing the already considerable Stateside following the band has built, the release has helped Khruangbin in topping both the US & UK 'Last FM' fastest growing artists whilst 'A Calf Born In Winter'
continues to be one of the most popular downloads of the compilation.

Met haar muziek bonkt Reena Riot je tegen het trillende voorhoofd, ze hakt je ingewanden in zwevende stukken, en ze jaagt ijzeren vlinders in je buik. Kunnen witte meisjes de blues herdefiniëren, een nieuw maar vertrouwd geluid geven, en tot een genre maken dat ook vandaag tijdeloos blijkt Ja, dat kunnen ze, zeker als ze Reena Riot heten.

Laten we bij dit alles niet vergeten dat achter Reena Riot Naomi Sijmons schuilt, die het geenszins van vreemden heeft, want haar goeie ouwe vader, wijlen mijn gabber Fons Sijmons, heeft haar ongetwijfeld de paplepel doorgegeven waarmee uit een vertroebelde en toch ook vrolijke geest muziek van grote klasse wordt geschept.

Ik zag Naomi al lopen toen haar hoogzwangere moeder zich aan de zijde van Fons door Gent bewoog. De trots en de verwachtingen van Fons, die toen reeds al was het slechts één bassnaar kon doen zingen, was bijkans niet te evenaren. Ik zag Naomi hier in Gent als blond hummeltje, als klein meisje, als groter meisje, als de jonge vrouw die Reena Riot tot een van haar aliassen koos. We hebben allemaal wel een paar aliassen, die ons niet per se een voor een op de juiste manier identificeren, maar met Reena Riot heeft Naomi Sijmons een mogelijk zelfbeeld geschapen dat haar gegoten zit als een glinsterende handschoen.

Ik wou dat Fons er nog was, zodat ik hem kon feliciteren met zijn dochter. En met haar muziek. Want daar draait het om: Reena Riot is geen poppetje, geen pin up, geen babe van dertien in een dozijn, welneen, ze is een rasechte muzikante. Dat bewijst ze glorieus met haar EP die de nummers 'Stop Reverse', 'I belong to you', 'Army boots', 'Sing' en 'The Needle' bevat. Het zijn stuk voor stuk songs die zowel qua muziek als qua lyrics in Vlaanderen een unieke standaard zetten: die van absolute kwaliteit, mede door de productie van de grootse Mauro. Ik wil Reena Riot niet gaan vergelijken met Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell of wie dan ook, want hoewel dit namen als klokken zijn, wier beïnvloeding goed staat op je curriculum vitae, heeft Reena Riot nu al haar eigen stem gevonden, en de nummers op haar EP bewijzen dit met verve. Ik kan deze EP tien keer beluisteren en ik vind 'm steeds beter. Daarom heb ik 'm ondertussen meer dan twintig keer beluisterd.

'Stop Reverse' is mooi op een indringend-zachte manier en omgekeerd, en doet mij denken aan The Sundays, een groep die ik hogelijk waardeer. 'I belong to you' zou de noodkreet van een oude, gekwelde maar wijze en energieke vogel kunnen zijn, die z'n eigen boom ter beschikking heeft. 'Army boots' heeft de schitterende beginverzen 'Put on your army boots/ And meet me by the church'. Op je legerlaarzen naar de kerk. Een beeld om in te kaderen. Ook dit lijkt een klaaglied, maar er gloort hoop. 'Sing' bewijst eens te meer dat Reena Riot zowel teder kan zingen als uithalen met woorden die kippenvel kunnen bezorgen. Er zit tevens een melodieus motief in dat de hele dag in het hoofd van de luisteraar blijft hangen. 'The Needle' schrijnt met tekst en zang en piano en melancholische drums, en een gitaar die van lieverlede de keel toewringt.

De vijf nummers lijken wel geschreven en uitgevoerd door een performer met Engels als moedertaal en de noodzaak tot zingen in de bloedbaan. En aldus ben ik er na het beluisteren van de EP zeker van: Reena Riot zal een ster aan ons firmament worden die niet zal ophouden met rijzen, en daar mag de Vlaamse muziekwereld bijzonder gelukkig mee zijn.

[A] A1 | Stop Reverse [B] A2 | I Belong To You [C] A3 | Army Boots [D] B1 | Sing

Stroffolino is probably best known to date for joining David Berman and Steve Malkmus to play on The Silver Jews 'American Water' album

Recorded in Chris's Piano Van behind the old carousel in Griffith Park

Produced by Jeff Feuerzeig (Sundance Award winning director of The Devil and Daniel Johnston).

Liner notes by John Petkovic (Cobra Verde/Death of Samantha/Sweet Apple)

12 original songs plus a cover of Richard Hell's 'Time'

Griffith Park will be an introduction for most people to a great new songwriting talent and a contender for 2014's end of year polls. It's a stripped down effort, featuring only Stroffolino's voice and piano (with one exception), recorded with stunning clarity and intimacy by Feuerzeig.

These remarkable recordings call attention to the way Stroffolino weds simple, infectious melodies, with highly emotional, yet carefully placed, lyrics that become more powerful with repeated listening. From the unrequited love of 'Wherever it's Gray' and 'It's Not A Matter Just Of Me,' to the giddy exuberance of the album's most tightly constructed pop song, 'Fire Side Of Me,' Griffith Park features some of the most compelling and poetic lyrics in recent years.

01. It's not a matter just of me.
02. Break up, make up
03. I'm Not Going Astray
04. Don't be afraid
05. Make it rain
06. Time
07. Fire side of me
08. Wherever it's grey
09. How do you know it's raining
10. Equal love
11. Eyes of the dead
12. Vida Guerra
13. Don't you want to take care of me